Each week, azcentral sports NFL writer Bob McManaman spotlights a member of the Arizona Cardinals for a series of on-the-spot, off-beat questions.

This week: Andy Lee, punter

Question: So you’ve had 10 punts downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line in the past two games. Is there something you or the punt coverage team is doing different to give you the space and the time for that to happen or is it more where you’ve been punting from?

Answer: I think some of it has to do with where we’re punting from, but as a group, the punt team has grown as the season’s gone on. Guys are doing a great job protecting, they’re doing a great job covering. I think just overall, we’ve been playing well and things are going right. The ball’s bouncing the right way and it’s good to be a part of it.

Q: That’s old hat for you with something like almost 400 career punts you’ve downed inside the 20, but I’m curious. There’s one guy in the NFL, and I think you know who it is – the Raiders’ Marquette King – who likes to really celebrate when he gets off a good punt. Could you ever see yourself getting wild and crazy like that dude?

A: (Laughs) I won’t. Nothing against anybody else who does, but uh, no. Maybe a little fist bump here and there, maybe some clapping, but no, I’m not going to do anything crazy like that.

A: Oh yeah, he does a good job. I don’t have a problem with it. He can do what he wants to do. That’s his thing. I know him and I think he’s a great guy. He’s a fun guy to be around and I have no problem with what he’s doing.

Q: How close is the NFL fraternity of punters and how do you get to know each other.

A: Some guys I know just from playing against them. Some guys I know in the offseason because I hang with a few of the guys and we’ll play golf, stuff like that. Some guys live around the Charlotte area, so I’ll see them there. … Every now and then you’ll see certain guys and some of them might call and ask for advice.

Q: The Colts’ former punter, Pat McAfee, is terrified of snakes. Did you know about that?

A: I did not know about that.

Q: Well, one of the kickers that used to be here before you said he thought about buying some rubber snakes and placing them out on the field at University of Phoenix Stadium to scare the hell out of him. Would you ever do something like that?

A: Yeah, no, I think that’s mean. I know Pat. He’s a good dude. He’s one of the guys I know really well. I wouldn’t want anybody to do anything like that to me so I’m kind of more along the lines of if I don’t want somebody to do something to me, I’m not going to do something to them. So, I would say I’d leave it alone.

Q: Just because of that – and since you’re obviously a nice guy – what scares you?

A: What scares me? I don’t like flying. I don’t like taking off. I mean, I’ve done it so much now, obviously, it’s not like you would probably notice it bothered me, honestly. I’m trying to think of something else I don’t like, um. …

Q: This is to let the people know who you are, Andy. C’mon?

A: I don’t like roaches. When I’m at home and there’s a roach, I have to go kill it. But if it’s running toward me, you can see me trying to avoid it and smack it and kill it. But definitely, those bother me. I’d say those bother me.

Q: Let me ask you about something very important and that’s the foundation you are your wife, Rachel, started a year ago, Madelyn's Fund, in honor of your late baby daughter, Madelyn Elizabeth. How has that been going and tell me about the experience that’s been for you and your family?

A: It’s been going well. Last year, we ended up raising just over $425,000 in the first year. We help financially assist families in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) at Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte and we just actually today (this Wednesday) got a request from our 100th family. We started last December so in 11 months, we’ve helped 100 families so far and I think we’ve helped with 20 or 25 funerals.

The biggest thing for me and my wife is that it’s really helped us heal. It’s a little easier for us to talk about what we went through. It’s something I don’t want anybody else to go through and that’s why we want to help as many people as we can.

Q: Madelyn made it through the delivery, but there were birth complications, is that right?

A: Yes. She lived eight days. That’s why in Cleveland and then last year with the Panthers, I wore No.8. I couldn’t wear it here. It’s semi-retired here (in honor of Cardinals’ Ring of Honor member Larry Wilson). But that’s the reason I wore No.8 – for the eight days of her life.

But (Madelyn’s Fund) has been a great thing for us. To turn the worst thing that’s ever happened to us in our lives into something positive, I think it’s been really good.

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